What 𘪄 means
No; it is a lookup component, not a complete word.
Tangut components help scholars find and analyze full Tangut characters. Their assignments follow each character's structure and support lookup; they do not tell you what that character means.
The Tangut script was created around 1036 under the first Western Xia emperor to write the Tangut language. After Western Xia fell, it continued in use through the Yuan and Ming dynasties, becoming obsolete by the end of the Ming dynasty. A previously unknown Tangut woodblock text surfaced at auction in 2014; its component list pairs 𘪄 with the full character 𘛵, and a Unicode working-group proposal recorded the pairing in 2018.
How can I type 𘪄?
Use 𘪄 in HTML or \u{18A84} in JavaScript.
In source code, the HTML form is a hexadecimal numeric character reference, while the JavaScript form is a code point escape in a modern JavaScript string. A standard keyboard layout is not a dependable route for this specialist character.
Technical and scholarly: it marks Tangut character indexing and analysis, not ordinary prose.
It is a component, not a Tangut word with a standalone translation.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘪄 appear as a box?
A font issue. If the font or app lacks Tangut glyphs, it may show an empty box; the text still contains the same character.
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How to type or find 𘪄
- Search it as
- Tangut component 645 · Tangut component list · Tangut character lookup · type Tangut component
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘪄\18A84𘪄 as a hexadecimal numeric character reference.\u{18A84} as a code point escape.Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.